After the five people dealt with this encounter, they did not continue towards the center of the town, but turned into a nearby street. After walking for a while, they randomly found a house and pushed the door open.
This Cangling Town may not be big, but it is still called a "town" and it is not a small place. Otherwise, the fight just now would have attracted onlookers. After the town was abandoned for many years, the empty thatched houses in the town were
There are a lot of them, but there is no one inside, and there are no valuable things. If you can tolerate some snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the house, it is not a bad idea to go in and cover your head with a tile.
According to the information previously provided by Meng Jiu, except for the leading disciples of various sects who live in the inn in the center of the town, other wanderers, or people from second- and third-rate sects, can only find such residential accommodation near the inn.
.Of course, Meng Jiu and his elders of the beggar gang never considered this kind of problem. Beggars were used to sleeping on the street.
As players, Feng Bujue and the others can ignore basic physiological needs such as eating, drinking, sleeping, etc. in the script. They only need to pay attention to their physical fitness and whether they can maintain their concentration.
There is still about an hour before dawn. Feng Bujue's plan is for everyone to hide for another two or three hours, wait until around seven o'clock in the morning, and then go to the inn in the town. Use this period of time to let the survival and physical strength levels naturally increase.
After recovery, he will talk about the situation and countermeasures after dawn.
Since this scenario has a high degree of freedom, there are no restrictions on time, maps, or tasks for players, so there is no need to worry about being judged as a negative game by the system, and everyone can make corrections with peace of mind.
Of course, Feng Bujue was very efficient. He finished conveying everything he wanted to convey in half an hour. The next two hours or so turned into playing Solitaire and Xiao Tan being thrown snacks by the sad spirit...
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During the two hours that the players were hiding in the dark to kill time, Shi Yanran and the square-faced man were not idle. Not long after, the two met together and began to discuss the details of the frame-up. They talked to each other.
They were indeed acquainted. Just then Shi Yanran took a quick glance in the distance and recognized that the man was Gongsun Li, the second head of Wanxia Tower.
Although Gongsun Li also had the surname Gongsun, he had no blood relationship with Gongsun Qian. They just happened to have the same surname. Gongsun Qian entered the school ten years earlier than Gongsun Li and was also ten years older. The brothers had known each other as brothers since they were young.
Moreover, both of them were talented in martial arts and were outstanding talents among their peers. So decades later, they became the top two figures in Wanxia Tower.
In Wanxia Tower, when it comes to martial arts, Gongsun Qian takes the lead, but Gongsun Li's city is far beyond the reach of his senior brother. Let's take the incident between Shi Yanran and Wang Ao as an example. Gongsun Qian
He was kept in the dark, but Gongsun Li knew it very well. The great thing about this man is that he knew it, but didn't tell it... and he could also pretend not to know at all.
He neither blackmailed anyone nor interfered with the development of the situation. Gongsun Li's rule was just four words - "Beware of secrets". Therefore, he was always prepared when facing emergencies.
It is this style of behavior that prevents thieves for a thousand days that allows him to turn the tide at a critical moment like today.
Gongsun Li helped Shi Yanran this time not because he had a good relationship with this woman or because he had any intentions towards her. He simply had to take action to save Wanxialou's face. He also knew very well that once the murder was exposed,
, then the adultery must also be exposed. It would be fine if it happened elsewhere, but it happened here. Now in Cangling Town, it is more lively than a martial arts conference. This incident in their Wanxia Tower
If the scandal is revealed right here and now... then no matter where you go from now on, people will have to point their fingers at your spine and say, "The wife of the head of the family actually committed adultery with a disciple." How will the disciples of Wanxia Tower still walk in the world in the future?
Ordinary gentlemen and chivalrous people, at this moment, there are still not many people who can help their parents rather than their relatives. Now that things have happened, Gongsun Li doesn't know how to tell the truth, morality, or anything like that. Let’s leave it to those outsiders. Anyway, looking at the appearance of Feng Bujue and his group, they are all in their twenties, and none of them look familiar. Even if they do have some skills, they are still new to the world. With his status as the second head of the Wanxia Tower and the wife of the head of Shi Yanran, isn't it a sure thing to frame those five people for killing Wang Ao?
That night, Gongsun Li and Shi Yanran finished discussing their words and immediately went to find Gongsun Qian. They said they accidentally discovered Wang Aoxing going out at night and felt something was strange, so they followed them secretly. Unexpectedly, after following for a while, they unexpectedly It was discovered that Wang Ao had died tragically in the middle of the street, and five strangers with strange kung fu were standing next to his body. After fighting, they discovered that the other party was really powerful. They were two against five and were afraid of not being able to survive, so they had no choice but to escape back to report the news.
Although Gongsun Qian felt that there were some flaws in his words, he didn't think much about it in his desperation. He immediately left the inn with more than ten disciples and followed the guidance of Shi Yanran and Gongsun Li to the scene of the incident. As expected, he found out Wang Ao's mangled body fell on the street. Judging from the number of footprints and dart nails scattered on the scene, there was indeed a fight involving many people here.
However, given the current situation, they didn't know where to look for the five people, so they had no choice but to collect the corpses and return home to discuss the matter further.
This group of people mobilized troops and went out and in from the inn. Naturally, they were noticed by many people. Before dawn, the news spread, and almost everyone in the sects and martial arts heard about it. ...Wang Ao of Wanxia Tower was killed, and the murderers seemed to be five mysterious masters who were never known in the world.
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Early the next morning, Cangling Inn.
The cooks and waiters in the inn have been busy before dawn. By now, cages of snow-white steamed buns and pots of brewed fragrant tea have already been prepared, just waiting for guests to greet them. It can be delivered.
Even the staff at the inn in Cangling Town couldn't tell exactly when it reopened. Anyway, in mid-July, people heard the news about the duel between Xie San and Ye Cheng and came to the town. , this inn is already open for normal business.
As long as those people in the world ask the waiters in the inn about the ins and outs of the inn, they will get responses that are all incomprehensible. Because the waiters in the inn don't know martial arts and don't know anything about the world, and they all come from several nearby counties. Ordinary people. Someone gave them a considerable amount of money and told them that they only need to work here for a month. After August 15th, the inn will be closed, the money will be cleared, and everyone will go their separate ways.
As for the innkeeper... he doesn't appear often. He is a man in his forties. He has a feminine appearance, and his face is extremely pale 24 hours a day. He feels like a ghost when he sees him during the day, and he can't see anyone else at night. It's really hard to say that he It's the ghost of the town. Maybe some people believe it.
Now that we’ve talked about the owner of the inn, let’s talk about the guests in the inn…
In the martial arts world of this script, the most powerful ones in the martial arts world are "one house, two floors, three sects and four sects", totaling ten sects.
The first floor is Ye Mansion in Xi'an; the second floor is Wanxia Tower and Bafang Tower; the three factions are Shaolin, Renwu, and Xiaoyao; the four gates are Kaifeng Wuji Gate, Xiyu Jingang Gate, Luoyang Zhengyi Gate, and Shuzhong Tang Gate.
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Among these sects, Ye Mansion is the supreme martial arts master, Yuan Ting Yue Zhi. The combat power of its top masters is recognized as the strongest in the martial arts world. Except for Ye Cheng, who is known as the sword god, the "Six Swords of Flower Shadow" in the mansion are also
The first-class master at the head level, the Luomei Sword Lu Qingning mentioned in the previous article, is one of these six masters. Of course, she also disappeared last night...
And the second floor, Wanxia Tower and Bafang Tower, are both sects that are in the ascendant today. Each of the two sects has a unique secret book passed down from generation to generation, namely Wanxia Divine Art and Bafang Supreme Mental Technique. Their leaders are also only
For masters of the same level as Ye Cheng, if you look at the martial arts world, even if their kung fu is not among the top ten, they will not be among the top twenty. Therefore, these two sects have many disciples, and the quality of the masters in the building is not bad.
Let’s talk about the three sects. The Shaolin sect, the Renwu sect, and the Xiaoyao sect. Each respects the principles of “Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.” In addition to martial arts, they also teach ideas. The spirit followed by these three sects all has the meaning of “transferring people.”
, so there are many disciples. The recruitment of disciples basically does not matter the level of qualifications. Anyway, the three sects all have profound knowledge and a wide range of martial arts. Disciples with low qualifications will practice some superficial kung fu, while those with high qualifications will practice more advanced ones, and they will have mastery of martial arts. That's it.
Take Shaolin's seventy-two stunts as an example. It's good if a person can master one skill in his lifetime. Since ancient times, the only one who has mastered all of the seventy-two skills is Bodhidharma. No one will compete with such a god.
The last four sects are considered to be at the bottom of the first-line sects. However, Wuji Sect’s Wuji Technique, Vajra Sect’s Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique, Zhengyi Sect’s Dantian Sword Technique, and Tang Sect’s Poison Sect’s unique skills are all unique and each has its own characteristics.
They have their own strengths, and under certain circumstances, even the martial arts of Wanxia Tower or Bafang Tower may not be their opponents.
For example, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu is quoted from Jin Yong's setting in The Divine Condor - "It is the supreme Dharma-protecting magical kung fu of Tantric Buddhism. It is divided into thirteen levels. The first level of kung fu is very simple. Even a foolish person, as long as it is taught,
It can be completed in one or two years. The second level is twice as deep as the first level, which takes three to four years. The third level is twice as deep as the second level, which takes seven or eight years. In this way, the number of times increases, and the level becomes more and more complex.
From now on, it becomes more and more difficult to progress. After reaching the fifth level, if you want to practice at a deeper level, you will often need more than thirty years of hard work."
In theory, with this Kung Fu, even a person with low qualifications can reach the thirteenth level as long as he progresses step by step. Of course, that person must have a lifespan of more than three hundred years or something...
Judging from the actual situation... From ancient times to the present, only extraordinary talents like Jinlun Dharma King, who practiced hard and advanced rapidly, reached the tenth level in their lifetime. According to the "Dragon and Elephant Prajna Sutra"
Dao, every palm strike at this time has the power of ten dragons and ten elephants.
Therefore, it is impossible to tell the strength or weakness of martial arts. In some martial arts, you can quickly reach a certain level by cutting off a certain organ on your body, while in some martial arts, even if you practice it for a lifetime, you will still not be talented enough.
How awesome.
Above, the situation of the first-line sects is roughly the same.
And the Beggar Clan... can only be regarded as the boss of the second-rate sect in this world. Although Meng Jiu is very senior at his age, his kung fu... is probably about the same as that of Ye Hai. Let him compare with Ye Cheng or the other two posters.
Forget it, even against the heads of three sects and four sects, Meng Jiu did not dare to say that he had any chance of winning. And the elders and key disciples of the Beggar Clan were not as strong as the masters of the first-line sects.
Some people may ask, doesn’t the world’s largest gang also have such unique skills as the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon? Yes, Meng Jiu also learned the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon, but not everyone can practice it.
Xiao Feng's level is ultimately a human problem. If Xiao Feng had practiced Prajna Palm since childhood and lived to be sixty years old, he would probably be able to beat all the previous Beggar Clan leaders to ashes with one palm.
Let’s talk about the other second-tier gangs, such as Diancang, Emei, Huashan, Kongtong, etc... There haven’t been any particularly eye-catching talents in the past few years. It’s a bit of a “decline in inheritance, inheritance in decline.”
the taste of.
The rest are some third-tier and low-level gangs, such as the Giant Whale Gang, Qinghai Jianmen, or XX Escort Bureau. You can say that these guys are people in the world, or you can say that they are smuggling salt.
Zhuangbashi and the security company... In terms of martial arts, their leaders may only be average, but Cangling's swordsmanship attracts worldwide attention. Naturally, these guys will come to help, as if they only participate in this stall.
Well, my sect has reached a high level. I can brag to others in the future: I think back then, when Ye Cheng and Xie San were dueling in Cangling Town, I was right next to them...
As for those stragglers without any sect, they are actually not that many. So far, there are only seventeen or eighteen masters who have successfully entered the town by taking small roads. Those who came in by taking the main road are all good friends with various sects and have good reputations.
There are only thirty or so of the illustrious heroes and masters.
By August 13th, the inn was already occupied by the heads and disciples of the ten sects. Only a few lone travelers who came earlier and had high status and martial arts attainments could occupy the top positions in the inn.
some rooms.
People from second- and third-tier sects and other martial arts people who came in twos and threes all live in abandoned houses around the inn. Now, as long as a bamboo is planted in front of the door of a nearby house, it means that it has been occupied.
If you don't interfere, please do it yourself. Anyway, this town is a private one, and things that everyone agrees on become the rules.
To sum up, the current situation in Cangling Town is basically this.
However, the two protagonists of the duel, Ye Cheng and Xie San, have not yet appeared in the town.
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The autumn sky is clear with cold dew. The distant mountains are in sight.
The autumn morning in the small mountain town really gives people a very soothing feeling.
Every morning, the leaders of each faction (including those who live outside the inn) will bring one or two close disciples to the first floor of the inn to find a table to sit down, drink tea and eat. They will definitely chat with each other intentionally or unintentionally.
, On the surface, they are polite, but in fact, they are testing each other.
The most discussed topic today is naturally the death of Wanxia Tower disciple Wang Ao...
"Gongsun Louzhu, what are you and your disciples arguing about when it's still dark?" The person who asked this question was a fat monk who was holding a wine jar early in the morning.
Instead of sitting at the table, he leaned against the side of the stairs leading to the second floor of the inn and sat directly on the floor. His face was red and he looked slightly drunk. His cassock was open and a string of Buddhist beads hung on his chest. The beads were as big as a fist.
This monk’s name is Lu Shan. Although he is a disciple of Buddhism, Lu Shan is obviously not from Shaolin. I don’t know which wild monk this meat-and-potatoes monk came from, and I don’t know where he learned a set of rather advanced boxing techniques - Zui.
In this way, Arhat made a name for himself in the world. For more than ten years, he traveled around the world and performed many righteous deeds. He can be considered a hero.
"Hmph... Monk Lu, could it be that you heard it wrong because you were drunk?" Gongsun Qian snorted coldly and put on airs, neither admitting nor denying.
The drunken monk Lushan was well-known for his ability to pretend to be a fool. If ordinary people would not be able to speak, Lushan would say whatever he wanted. Anyway, as long as he acted like he was drunk, he would not be afraid of offending others. If the other party is really angry, the monk will say that he is drunk and talking nonsense, so that both parties can step down.
"Oh? Could it be that I, the monk, am dreaming? That's not right... Why do I seem to smell blood in my dream?" Lu Shan pretended to ask again.
"Perhaps your monk's nose was also ruined by the wine?" Shi Yanran was sitting next to Gongsun Qian. When she heard this, she turned her head and replied angrily.
"Master Gongsun, I also heard the noise." A tall, thin man in his forties or fifties interrupted and said with a smile: "Did you take your disciples up the mountain to hunt game in the middle of the night? Haha... that's the call. The stuff tastes quite strong!"
This person is Bafang Louzhu Ji Tong, who has a long-standing grudge against Gongsun Qian, so it is normal for him to make sarcastic and sarcastic remarks at this time.
Gongsun Qian did not bury Wang Ao's body last night, but asked his disciples to wrap it in straw mats and take it back to the inn. Currently, the body is placed in a room belonging to them, guarded by two disciples. As for that The smell... He has treated it with special medicine, which can temporarily suppress the body odor for one day and one night.
"Hehehe... Lord Ji's nose is really smart." Gongsun Qian was not to be outdone, he cursed insinuatingly and laughed.
Next to him, Gongsun Li, Shi Yanran, and two other disciples all laughed in unison, as if these words were so funny.
"Hmph!" Ji Tong slapped the table, "You haven't wiped it clean, so you fart with your mouth?"
"say what!"
"Hahaha..." Ji Tong also laughed: "Master Gongsun, if your apprentice is dead and you don't bury him, then you haven't found the murderer, right? Haha... I, Ji Tong, can be considered a knowledgeable person, why don't you let me help you take a look at the body?" So that you can find enemies."
"Huh... I appreciate Lord Ji's kindness." Gongsun Qian snorted coldly: "This is not my first day out in the world, so you can take advantage of me if you don't hold me back!"
The two men were chatting quarrelsomely, while the heads of other sects and martial arts people around them watched the excitement in silence.
At this moment, several figures appeared at the entrance of the inn. It turned out to be Feng Bujue and his teammates, who just walked in from the main entrance...